01 - Introduction
2023-11-23
Former quant
Insurance
Specialty risks
Nerd
“The truth is like poetry–
– and most people f**king hate poetry,”
Change
Uncertainty
Uncertainty
Culture
Simplicity
Great Goalscorer
vs
Scorer of Great Goals
Great Question!
Jack of all trades and master of none…
… is oftentimes better than master of one
Data is the new oil. It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so data must be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.
Culture
Thank You
mcooney@describedata.com
https://kaybenleroll.github.io/data_workshops/talk_cirdas_master_202311/